AWS Architect (United Kingdom)

AWS Architect – 1-Month Rolling Contract

Location: Fully Remote

Rate : £300 / day Outside IR35 (Via ltd company)

An exciting opportunity for an experienced AWS Architect to work with a leading consultancy on a new piece of work for a pharmaceutical client.

Objectives:

• Conduct a detailed audit of the client’s existing AWS infrastructure.
• Design and implement an equivalent architecture in a new AWS environment.
• Ensure functional, security, and performance parity between environments.
• Provide clear, well-structured documentation for deployment and ongoing management.
• Collaborate with internal and client-side stakeholders.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience as an AWS Solutions Architect (5+ years preferred).
• Deep expertise in AWS services: VPC, EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, Lambda, Route53, CloudFormation, etc.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools: Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of networking, security best practices, and cloud governance.
• Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with cloud cost optimization strategies.
• Experience in replicating or migrating complex multi-account AWS environments.
• AWS certification(s) strongly preferred (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional).
• Experience working with clients in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, government).